KOORI : A Will to Win – The Heroic Resistance, Survival & Triumph of Black Australia

ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANA – Superior copy!

Account of Aboriginal oppression and opposition interspersed with biographical experiences of authors family; traditional society of the Wonnarua people; history of European contact and conflict; influence of missionaries, Aborigines Inland Mission; changing Government attitudes, Aborigines Protection Board and separation of families; welfare movement; Aboriginal political activists, land rights and self determination; facilities for tracing ancestors, list of Wonnarua people mentioned in literature.

First Edition. (Book reviewer’s inserts).

• xvii, 302 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

  • Bibliography: p. 289-296.

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• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

  • Government policy – State and territory – New South Wales
  • Community organisations – Economic
  • Habitation – Camps – Fringe and town
  • Race relations – Betterment societies, etc
  • Religions – Christianity
  • Race relations – Racial discrimination
  • Daily life
  • Government policy – Assimilation – 1951-1971
  • Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850
  • Government policy – Initial period and protectionism – 1851-1900
  • Ceremonies – Initiation
  • Demography – Urbanisation – Rural / urban contrasts
  • Politics and Government – Political action – Activism
  • Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900
  • History – Genealogy and family history
  • Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1851-
  • Death – Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
  • Hunting, gathering and fishing
  • Child welfare – Child / parent separation – Stolen generations
  • Community organisations – Land rights
  • Community organisations – Civil rights and citizenship
  • Socioeconomic conditions – Living conditions
  • Government policy – Initial period and protectionism – 1788-1850
  • Government policy – Assimilation – 1926-1950
  • Politics and Government – Political action – Land rights
  • Community organisations – Housing
  • Education – Schools – Community schools
  • Government policy – Initial period and protectionism – 1901-1925
  • Government policy – Self determination – 1972-1984
  • Wonnarua / Wanaruah people (S63) (NSW SI56-01)
  • New South Wales (NSW)

  Subject:

  • Wonnarua (Aboriginal people)
  • Aboriginal Australians — New South Wales — Social conditions
  • Aboriginal Australians — New South Wales — History